The Volta River Authority (VRA) on September 15, 2023, began controlled spilling at the Akosombo and Kpong Dams as a result of too much water in both reservoirs. A rough estimate of 26,000 people, as of October 17, 2023, had been displaced as a result of the spillage. Since the construction of the Akosombo Dam, which receives water from six separate tributaries, this is the largest magnitude of displacement and volume recorded.
VARIOUS views have been expressed by journalists in the international press on both issues in my title of this column, which concerns the earthquake in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco on Sept 8 and a few days later the floodwaters from Wadi Derna on the east Libya Mediterranean coast.
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